Move up weight to prove your worth – Mayweather tells Golovkin

Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan punches Dominic Wade on way to a second round TKO during his unified middleweight title fight at The Forum on April 23, 2016 in Inglewood, California.(AFP)

Floyd Mayweather has called for Gennady Golovkin to step up in weight.
Gennady Golovkin stopped Kell Brook in five rounds in September
The former five-weight world champion wants to see ‘Triple G’ move out of the middleweight division to prove he is as good as people are saying.
Knockout king Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) has made 16 defences of his WBA world title at 160lbs and his IBF strap twice, following his fifth-round stoppage of Kell Brook.
Mayweather took another swipe at trainer Dominic Ingle’s decision to stop September’s fight that saw Brook fracture an eye socket because “there should be no quit in no fighter”.
‘Money’ also thinks Golovkin has looked good beating “stationary” opponents and wants to see him step up to improve his current standing and overall legacy.
“What we want to see is this: we’ve seen Sugar Ray Leonard go up in weight, Roberto Duran go up in weight, we’ve had so many legendary fighters go up in weight but my nephew’s favourite

Nigerian Army Sports Festival signals successes in ongoing operations – Buhari

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Burutai (left), welcoming Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to the Nigeria Army Games, which began at the National Stadium, Abuja.

President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that the rejuvenation of the Nigerian Army Sports Festival (NAFEST) after seven years was a proof of successes being recorded by troops in operations across the country, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Represented by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, the president made the remark when he declared open the 16th NAFEST at the main bowl of the Abuja National Stadium.
The festival was last held in 2009 in Kaduna.
Buhari also said he was glad that in spite of their operational commitments across the country, the Army still deemed it necessary to organise the event.
He noted that from time “immemorial, the army had contributed immensely to sports development in the country.
“Many personnel, serving and retired have excelled and brought glory to the nation in the various sporting activities,’’ he said.

Lawal advises Rohr to start preparation against Algeria now

Former International, Garba Lawal, has described the Super Eagles victory over the Chipolopolo of Zambia, as fantastic, saying all that matters are the three points.
Goals from Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho ensured that Nigeria beat Zambia for the first time on home soil at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
The victory puts the nation on top of Group B with three points after Cameroun and Algeria match ended 1-1.
Speaking yesterday, Lawal said it did not matter how the Eagles played but that amassing the three points from the match is the desired result.
“At this point, you do not think about whether a team played well or not in a match. What matters to us now is how to amass the three points, which is crucial to us. We still have four important matches to play against Algeria and Cameroun.
“What we need now is full concentration, we should not give room for any error. By now, Coach

Williams qualifies for second round in Hong Kong Open

Venus Williams shrugged off a slow start to beat Japan’s Risa Ozaki in straight sets and book her place in the second round of the Hong Kong Open.
The 36-year-old was broken in the opening game of the match against the world number 117 and would lose her serve again before wrapping up the opening set.
Williams had fewer problems in the second set, racing into a 3-0 advantage and holding out comfortably for a 6-4 6-1 win in one hour and 13 minutes.
The second seed will face Alize Cornet in the second round after the French player cruised past